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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11213
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13912
13 Actual Demand 10871
14 Aggregate Planning 11793
15 Air Cargo 9730
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6363
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34440
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15142
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18794
20 Assembly Line 21299
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22577
22 Average Speed of Answer 26307
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22510
24 Batch Production 37431
25 Bill Discounting 13999
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10726
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6860
28 Blanket Release 9696
29 Bonded Warehouse 9786
30 Booking Number 13313
31 Bottleneck 9126
32 Buffer Stock 58086
33 Build to Stock 12641
34 Bullwhip Effect 9206
35 Business Logistics 24947
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39233
38 Capacity Utilization 13673
39 Capital Intensive 8026
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8281
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11766
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8728
44 Co-Destiny 8992
45 Co-managed Inventory 12126
46 Co-Packers 11504
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6555
48 Computer-Based Training 7450
49 Consular Invoice 19217
50 Container Depot 10300
51 Container Freight Station 10082
52 Continuous Replenishment 19132
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11754
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11143
56 Control Charts 7709
57 Cost Flow 10018
58 Courier Service 14749
59 CPFR 7945
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11471
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43130
62 Date Code 17645
63 Days of Supply 19381
64 Dead on Arrival 8857
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7042
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7806
67 Detective Control 8661
68 Devanning 13942
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10540
70 Dispatching 23499
71 Distributed Inventory 8134
72 Distribution Channel Management 33901
73 Distribution Metrics 8642
74 Distribution Planning 23832
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14782
76 Double Marginalization 52082
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21937
78 Dual 5219
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20264
80 Echelon Inventory 25802
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37890
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48674
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7368
84 Efficient Frontier 24868
85 Engineer-to-Order 31171
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15832
87 Erlang B Formula 9038
88 ETD 8049
89 Ex Works 7647
90 Exception Rate 13078
91 Exponential smoothing 9571
92 External Growth 9776
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9165
94 Field Services 7562
95 Field Warehouse 9634
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8358
97 Fishbone Diagram 14251
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26436
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7878
101 FOB Destination 12620
102 Forward buying 29643
103 Freight Charge 10056
104 Freight Consolidation 7273
105 Gantt Chart 8081
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11348
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29064
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12387
109 Hub 22973
110 Idle Time 7822
 
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